tellingly

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Even if the opposition go behind, they now know the game is far from over and Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner tellingly "kept believing" as he made smart use of his substitutions.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Mahomes threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and even more tellingly, only one drive ended in a punt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Newcastle, tellingly, returned to the table with a third and final bid on deadline day rather than moving on to an alternative.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Charles, tellingly, doesn’t stand out in his portrait; he is receding into it.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

The next day, as we prepared to head to second mess, which was what they tellingly called lunch, I noticed the black man from the night before standing next to Colonel Batt.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore